Looking at this stadium, Su Yun felt a little envious.
Among the current Premier League teams, only Manchester United's Old Trafford Stadium can match the Millennium Stadium with a capacity of more than 70,000 people. Whether it is the Stadium of Light or Stamford Bridge, the capacity is only more than 40,000 people.
It would be such a pleasure to be able to play in such a big stadium every home game.
Seventy thousand fans are cheering for you and cheering for the team.
It will definitely feel wonderful.
How popular is Su Yun at Chelsea now?
You can tell just by looking at the cheers of the fans when Su Yun entered the stadium.
"Su! Su! Su!"
"Su, we want the championship!"
In recent months, Chelsea's outstanding record has made Su Yun's popularity at Chelsea skyrocket.
In September, October, and even November, Chelsea fans were still blaming Su Yun for selling Morris in the summer. In the north stand of Stamford Bridge, those die-hard fans even made loud noises during the game at every turn.
Call out the name "Jody Morris".
All this made Su Yun very embarrassed.
But in the past three months, this voice has long disappeared.
Not only because Chelsea's results during this period are very good, but also the Williams and Lampard introduced by Su Yun are very good. Even more good than Morris when he was at Chelsea.
Of course, this is just Chelsea's result.
What's more important is that Morris, who went to Leeds United, started to indulge again.
Especially with a bad boy like Bowyer.
It was still good at the beginning at Leeds United. But Morris' true nature has come out in recent months, not only due to fighting scandals, but even a rape scandal recently broke out. Lee Bowyer is really amazing.
Their case of beating an Asian student has not yet been decided.
Still under review.
Unexpectedly, this kid was involved in a rape case with Morris again. He raped an 18-year-old active college student. Although rape cases like this in English football basically end in haste, it was given to Bowyer.
It was a huge blow to Morris' image.
Frequent scandals, coupled with Chelsea's outstanding results, made Chelsea fans begin to forget about Morris' departure.
And now there is a new star coming out of the Chelsea youth academy again.
Terry.
Fans are a group of people with good memories. They remember the contributions of many meritorious players. But they are also very forgetful.
Just half a year later, they forgot that Chelsea once had a rookie named Morris.
"Coach Su. Hello."
Birmingham's head coach Gary Francis looks like he is in his thirties or forties.**
His eyes are bright.
In fact, Francis is already in his fifties.
"Hello, Coach Francis."
Su Yun also shook hands in a friendly way.
Francis Su Yun is not underestimated at all. Su Yun has also been a head coach in low-level leagues. Even the Sunderland coached by Su Yun is very strong in the English League. There is almost no suspense about their success in the Premier League.
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But he failed to lead Sunderland to the League Cup final.
Therefore, Su Yun still admires Coach Francis very much.
There are many coaches like Francis in England.
They constantly shuttle among various small clubs and have rich coaching experience.
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Birmingham?
What for.
Although Su Yun emphasized the danger of Birmingham to them several times before the game. Of course, Su Yun himself did not think that Birmingham could upset them.
This is a very subtle idea.
No matter how much you pay attention to your opponent, the gap in strength is still there.
You will subconsciously underestimate your opponent.
Just like Eto'o said.
Andrew Johnson?
Never heard the name.
But less than three minutes into the game, everyone knew Andrew Johnson.
Because it was the finals and it was the first time to meet Birmingham. Although Birmingham was not strong, it was the first time they met. So Su Yun was still prepared to be steady at the beginning. But Birmingham was caught off guard.
The game had just started when Birmingham suddenly launched a quick attack in the midfield.
A long pass from the midfield found Geoff Horsfield. This is a traditional English center who has wandered to many clubs. This season he transferred back to Birmingham for a high price of three million pounds.
He plays a big role in the frontcourt.
Su Yun emphasized his role. Birmingham was able to defeat its opponents in the semi-finals because of Horsfield's two goals.
Same this time.
It turned out that Terry was asked to defend Horsfield. Unfortunately, Terry might have been selected by Su Yun for the finals. The excitement has not passed yet.
After all, Terry just emerged this season.
In most games, Su Yun still chooses Desailly and Ayala. Ayala and Desailly cooperate well. Although Ayala is short, he suffers a little in England's style of play. But he The filling position is still quite outstanding.
But in this eye-catching game, Su Yun chose the combination of Desailly and Terry.
Terry himself was stunned.
I didn't expect to make it into the lineup.
Although I am not nervous, I am very excited.
There's a fine line between excitement and nervousness.
No matter how young and mature Terry was, he was still very excited during the game.
So it has not entered the state yet.
Couldn't guard Horsfield.
Horsfield easily passed the ball to the right, and no one was guarding the ball. He handed the ball to Andrew Johnson very accurately.
Terry's loss of position suddenly opened a huge hole in Chelsea's defense.
Andrew Johnson would certainly not let go of such a good opportunity.
It's just a kick.
There is nothing Cudicini can do.
Because this ball was completely out of position by Terry. He failed to defend Horsfield.
"Andrew Johnson! The game has only started for two minutes and 47 seconds, and Birmingham has already scored a goal. It's unbelievable, it's really unbelievable. In less than three minutes, Birmingham City in the English League has already scored a goal. It was the first goal."
Mortensen expressed surprise.
"Terry probably hasn't gotten over the joy yet when he came out. He let Horsfield Eto'o go so easily. Now you know who Andrew Johnson is. Hahaha."
Eto'o, who was teased by Mortensen, was indeed furious.
I just satirized Andrew Johnson before the game. Unexpectedly, this kid scored a goal.
Because Di Matteo was injured, Su Yun adopted a lineup of three midfielders and three forwards for this game. Of course, it was not exactly three forwards. Zola was in a deep position.
Zola's position is similar to that of the frontcourt player.
Zola can choose left, center or right at will. Then Hasselbaink and Eto'o were chosen in front.
Unlike Chelsea's side, Birmingham's side is completely crazy.
After Andrew Johnson saw the goal, he ran around the stadium like crazy. Then he ran all the way to the Birmingham fans' stands and celebrated crazily with the fans.
"Andrew! Long live! Andrew!"
"We are the champions! Champions, we are the champions!"
"Chelsea, you go and eat shit!"
Birmingham fans were the most frustrated before the game. They were not only ridiculed by Chelsea boss Bates, but also Chelsea fans, and even ignored by other newspapers in England. Before the game, all English newspapers unanimously believed that Chelsea would win the league.
Cup champion.
This makes Birmingham fans very hurt.
Really hurt.
But they can only accept this humiliation silently. Birmingham is indeed not a strong team, and now it is difficult to even upgrade to the Premier League.
So even more excited.
They shouted wildly, shouted wildly.
"Champions! We are champions!"
"Chelsea. See it! We are champions!"
The Chelsea fans on the side were completely silent. Mainly because they were stunned. They did not expect such a thing to happen.
Su Yun was also furious on the sidelines.
How could he be so behind? It was only three minutes into the game. But Su Yun couldn't show that kind of anger and anxiety, so he just stepped forward to show his stability.
"John, John."
Su Yun called Terry and kept waving his hands.
Su Yun was afraid that Terry would be shadowed and would be burdened in the next game. So he wanted to tell Terry not to be mentally burdened.
Terry nodded.
In fact, Terry had no Yin at all. He was not hit at all. He was just a little unhappy.
Being scored first by a English League One team is a very angry thing no matter how you say it.
So Su Yun made a pressing gesture.
Su Yun will use goals to completely defeat Birmingham.
It's a pity that things didn't go as planned.
After taking the lead, Francis immediately adopted a defensive strategy. This was the first time Su Yun saw what it means to have a crowded area thirty meters in front of the goal.
The ball couldn't be passed in at all.
Is Birmingham's defense strong?
In fact, it's not strong at all. If their defense was strong, they wouldn't be fighting just to qualify for the promotion play-offs in English League One. But although the defense is average, it is more annoying to pile up people and defend with numbers.
Heart.
People are all people.
Su Yun defended and counterattacked at Chelsea, leaving at least two people in front. But Francis even pulled Horsfield and Andrew Johnson down from the back. He didn't want to counterattack at all. He just wanted to defend.
Su Yun even wanted to scold Francis.
The game has just started now, and there are still ninety minutes left. Does Frances really want to defend for ninety minutes?
Su Yun now feels some of the criticism from other coaches about his defensive counterattack.
Birmingham's defense really gave Su Yun a headache.
Ten people are lined up there for you to attack.
Chelsea is not an Italian or Spanish team. Among the players are more British midfielders like Williams and Lampard. In the face of a wide-open game, they played very well. But facing
For a team that defends like this, their power will drop a lot.
Birmingham's treatment of Chelsea in this way can be regarded as a way of treating others in return.
Su Yun couldn't help but greet the female relatives of the Francis family. (To be continued...)
